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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

SneakerCON in Washington D.C. was a popoff. We held a warm up at MajorDC in Goergetown and then we enjoyed two (2) days of convening with some of the district’s best collectors and connoisseurs of sneaker culture.

As you might prA’li imagine, I copped a few pairs. For those of you who bristle at my cavalier fiscal attitude keep this truth in mind… If this economy ever goes completely into the shitter having money in a bank will be worth even less than my shoe collection.

While I tumble towards hell in a handbasket with the rest of America I decided to make a little video of my D.C. pickups and recaps from Saturday and Sunday SneakerCONs. You only live once Internets, and some of us don’t even live at all. Enjoy…

HYPEBEAST ALERT! HYPEBEAST ALERT!

Lifestyle In Londontown…

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

london lo

Here’s a mini-doc of lifestylers in London town. Based on the ‘Lo-Life movement started here in NYC these kids are trying to replicate the images of Polo clad street soldiers.

The film is interesting because these kids are totally image driven without understanding the actual backstory or the living history. They shout Thirstin’ Howl and Rack-Lo tho’ so they have some of the history in place.

Lo-Down In London from Broken Antenna on Vimeo.

I think these dudes are learning that love and loyalty is more than just the clothing you put on. It’s the armor you wear as soon as you leave your flat, or your project apartment. If you didn’t put on your armor you might not make it back home.

Without going thru the fire with your brothers you wouldn’t understand why these garments mean so much to certain people. Folks got hurt for wearing ‘Lo in a city that was desperately teetering between the haves and the have nots. That day might return again. Make sure you have your love and your loyalties in order.

DDotOmen: Not Ready 4 Combat…

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Suicide by internets?

#SHARKWEEK happened to Hip-Hop blogger DDotOmen. His devoured ,orpse might just have helped make Watch The Throne the hottest album on the internets. Now you see what human sacrifice looks like before media Illuminati. DDotOmen clearly got motherfuckers talking. Shouts to the ‘Ye Tudda internets.

The internets is going in hard [ll] for the whole August to celebrate the 1yr anniversary of the Combat Jack Show. The BYOB BBQ has a nice little venue. August 20th is the date. Brooklyn is the planet.

The Combat Jack Show is the best shit on the internets. Fux ‘yo meeting!

The Combat Jack Show (Watch The Throne Edition) 8-3-11 by PNCRadio

Words For My Father…

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

mr.penn

When someone told me I had already dropped my Baltimore story it made me think about what it is I am trying to convey by telling my life experiences on this website. From founding the Decepticons to being a five and dime drug dealer these stories aren’t meant to regale the reader with the notion that I was a gangster.

In truth, these stories are meant to show how far I have come in my understanding of what brotherhood and manhood actually requires. I don’t want to be anyone’s hero either. I don’t deserve those accolades. I just want to pay back a debt I owe to the people who helped shape me, protect me, inform me and ultimately save me.

Without Megatron, the rabbi or my father this website wouldn’t even exist. My whole online profile would be nil. Looking outside of my window I can say that none of this shit is about me. It begins and ends with Mr. Penn who married my mom when I was five years old. He knew a lot about sacrificing himself to reach his goals.

mr.penn

Today, on Mr. Penn’s birthday I am going to re-pledge myself to telling my story properly. With the right focus and the right aim. I’m sure that someone will know someone who can benefit from the knowledge that all is not lost when they have heart and believe. The book is gonna be called ‘The Transformation’.

‘The Transformation’ will start in my teenage years when I separated myself from my giving tree. I’ll tell you all about my failures in Baltimore, Atlanta and Miami and how I took these losses and converted them into lessons. I learned to love my life for the rainy days because they allow me to fully appreciate the sunshine. And everybody loves the sunshine.

I won’t have to tell some of y’all to stay tuned since y’all have been on this page since it went live in August 2005. Back then my homey Paris told me to write the book. He was right and now I will be write. Even when I was young my swag was grown man and that’s because Megatron, the rabbi and my dad kept their eyes on me. If they could see me now they would be happy their efforts weren’t in vain.

Let’s go internets.

mr.penn

SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

ross

On my visit to see momdukes in the ATL I copped the Air Trainer 1.2 in what I’m calling the Dallas Cowboys colorway.

Also, TITTYMEATS FTW!!!